Arctic Monkeys Won’t Put Out Any Songs Before Album Release

Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino arrives in its entirety on May 11

Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner (Raphael Dias/Getty Images)

Arctic Monkeys’ sixth studio album Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino arrives May 11 via Domino. But fans clamoring to hear a single from the new record before its release date might be disappointed—a representative for the band confirmed to Pitchfork that there won’t be any singles ahead of the full album release.

In a new cover story for Mojo, frontman Alex Turner elaborated that the decision was largely supported by guitarist Jamie Cook. “Jamie was really keen on that idea, and I guess people at Domino,” he said. “But it didn’t come from me. I understand it, I think.”

Elsewhere in that cover story, it was revealed that the opening lyric on the new album is, “I just wanted to be one of the Strokes.”